Wrench.



No.v 700,429. l Patented may 20, |902. H. Kmrz 0 m. J. LENNARD.

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l To all whom t may concern:

UNITED f STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT `I {IN'rz AND MIoIIAELJ. LENNARD, oF sIIARPsBURG, PENNsYLy f VANIA, AssIeNoRs 0E ONE-THIRD To. FRANKLIN P. BOOTH., or PITTs- BURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WRENCH SPECIFICATION fqrlrrnng part of Letters Patent No. 700,429, datd May 20, 1902. Application filed SeptemberfSO, 1901. Serial No|` '771013. (No Inotlel.)`

Be it known that we, vHERBERT KINTZ and MICHAEL J. LENNARD, citizens of the Unitedy States o f America, residing atSharpsburg, in the county of Alleghenyand State of Pennsylvania,have invented certainnew and usefnl Improvements in Wrenches ;`and' we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description thereof, reference be-A ing had to the accompanying drawings, which V form a part of this specification.

.This inventionrelates to improvements in wrenches.

The object of our invention is to provide a simple and 4practical .wrench that can be quickly'adjusted to'various-sized nuts.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the top portion .In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated our invention by various views, in

which-ffl y Figure 1 is a verticals'ide view of the wrench.

through the line AB of Fig. 1.y Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the lower 'portion of lthe l adjustable jaw.

same section-line, and Fig. 4 is a view showing corrugated shoes ttedto`the jaws. l

In said views the numeral 1- designates the wrench-shank, having ahead 2 andhandle 3. Liis a strap secured to said shank. 5 is an 6 is a pin extending'from said adjustable jaw into an opening 7, formed in the front of said shank. 8 is a spiral spring seated in said opening to engage said pin and hold said adjustable jaw in closed position. 9 is an arm erstem depending from said adjustable jaw through the strap 4 and is provided on its inner edge with teeth 10- and is turned outward'at the lower end in a hooked form at 11.

lever and the wrench-handle. e15 isa V-- shaped keeper pivoted to the Wrench-handle. At Fig. 4 we show how the wrench Ymaybe npractice thelower or movable jaw is pulled'downward by graspingthehook 11 the distance necessary to take in the nut, and

the jaw upon1 thenut. The lever then is de- 1S is another corrugated jaw se'- upon releasing said hook the'spr'ing closes i pressedfto cause itsfteethtoengage vthose of,

theshan'k 9 andwhen in this depressedv oondition is secured by the keeper 15..:fReleasing theleverlfz permits the jaw to close by action ofthe spring Swhenrelea'sed fromthe nut..

'Havingthusdescribed our inven tion, `what we claim as new, and-desire to secure by LetsV ters Patent, isi-l 1; A wrench consisting the shank,

rigid jaw on the shank, the sliding jaw on the n shank, 'the vertical spring-.pin connected. to

the sliding jaw and arranged in theshank, thestem 0rv armdepending fromthe ysliding j' g y jawV and provided with'teeth,the guiding; strlp,"and the grasping-lever fulcrumed to the j f shankand .having teeth on its upper end to engage the teeth on 'the depending shank. v f 2. Ina wrench, theV combination of thel I shank carrying the rigid jaw, the sliding jaw f mounted on the said shank, the stem or arm'` f' depending from the sliding'jawhaving teeth" on its inner face,the lever fulcrumed to the shank and having a grasping lower portion andteeth on' the upper portion to engage the teeth of the said shank. f

In testimony whereof we have hereunto afsubscribing witnesses. f

` HERBERT KINTZ.'

Witnesses: l WM. LowRY, Jr.,

S. C. WORKMAN. l

8o. fixed our signatures in the presence o ftwo l v- MIoHAELfJ. LENNAR-D. Y i" 

